In autumn of 1943, a Greek village already weakened by civil turmoil and deprivation is beset by the Nazis. An Irishman dropped into the fray by the British devotes himself to their welfare and becomes particularly attached to a young woman named Danae and her brother Stefanos. Although he joins the Greek soldiers to support their cause, what can one man do amid so much carnage?

A beautiful archeologist and daughter of a local ship owner is found dead at a dig on the Greek Island of Chios. After the body of her young assistant is also discovered, the chief officer of the local police force, Yiannis Patronas, suspects that the pair turned up something of real value, all evidence to the contrary, and sets out to conquer the evil threatening his formerly peaceful island.

Jeff Steele fulfills a lifelong dream in Greece and Turkey exploring the modern and ancient history and myths of these two fabled lands. INTO THE PAGAN PAST is part humorous travel narrative, part history book, and part fantasy tale. Lavishly illustrated by the author. (Abridged version)

A historical novel based on true events, eyewitnessed by the author. The main characters are George and Frosso: two young people who met and fell in love in adverse circumstances—he the son of a notorious communist; she the daughter of an anti-communist. They survived the 1944 Greek civil war that followed German occupation and experienced a true Golgotha of inhumanity and horror in Meligalas.